Episodes
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Caitie Barrett and I discuss the houses (and overlooked gardens) of Pompeii
James Romm and I discuss what can be gleaned from the fragments of lost Greek tragedies.
Greg Aldrete and I discuss the historical accuracy of HBO's "Rome."
Eric Cline and I discuss the causes and consequences of the Late Bronze Age Collapse.
Stephen Hodkinson and I discuss the latest research on classical Sparta.
Carl Richard and I discuss how Ancient Greece and Rome shaped the American Revolution and US Constitution.
Chris Naunton and I discuss history's most iconic necropolis.
Roel Konijnendijk and I discuss the army and tactics of the most iconic Greek general.
Ada Palmer and I discuss how the Italian Renaissance transformed our understanding of antiquity.
Harry Sidebottom and I discuss the unique place of gladiators in Roman society.
Paco Alvarez and I discuss the remarkable history of Roman Spain.
Deborah Ruscillo and I discuss how zooarchaeology has transformed our understanding of the classical world.
Nick Vaneerdewegh and I discuss the Aetna Tetradrachm - the "Mona Lisa of numismatics" - and other treasures of the Brussels Coin Cabinet.
Gareth Harney and I discuss how coins tell the story of Roman history.
Luke Lavan and I discuss the transformation of Roman cities in late antiquity.
Matthew Blair and I discuss the uses and abuses of ancient myth and history in comic books.
In this episode, Dr. Federica Nicolardi and I discuss the challenges of reading the scrolls charred and buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Elizabeth Macaulay and I discuss New York's neo-antique architecture.
Dr. Athalia Pyzer and I discuss what - if anything - modern medicine owes to its classical roots.
Michael Carter and I discuss the rules and rituals that governed the lives - and deaths - of Rome's gladiators.
Roger Crowley and I discuss the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.
Sue Alcock and I discuss the fate of Greece after its conquest by Rome.
Kyle Harper and I discuss how climate and disease shaped Roman history.
Nico Roymans and I discuss Rome's frontier on the lower Rhine, in what is now the Netherlands.
David Breeze and I discuss the Roman frontiers, with a special emphasis on Hadrian's Wall.
